A survey in Spanish is now available to help shape the development of Ohio’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan. The survey will be open through Oct. 14. The current survey in English closes Oct. 7.

The U.S. Department of Education has named nine Ohio schools as 2016 National Blue Ribbon Schools. These buildings met at least one of the two conditions for selection in the 2015-2016 school year — making significant progress in closing achievement gaps or showing the highest student achievement levels in Ohio.

Join a network of educators and industry representatives interested in implementing career pathways for their students. The kick-off meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Columbus State Conference Room at Columbus State Community College.

State law requires treasurers and superintendents to review funding data from EMIS and SOES/ODDEX and complete the form titled FY 2016 EMIS Data Review for Funding Report in the Forms application in SAFE.

From Oct. 3-12, superintendents of traditional districts, community schools, STEM districts and educational service centers that educate preschool or kindergarten students can review Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, Early Childhood Outcome and Early Learning Assessment data that were reported in EMIS during the 2016 school year.